Skip to main content

Plagiarism - acceptable artistic licence?

23.6.2010
Plagiarism - acceptable artistic licence?





Just listen to above songs, the first one by Rod Stewart (Maggie May) at the 4: 00-minute mark .. and at the beginning of the 80s song by Tamil movies' music maestro Deva in the Movie 'Aasai'. Listen to apparent similarities which are quite obvious even to the tone-deaf or the partially hearing impaired!

Of course, the Rod Stewart's song precedes Deva's song, so we know who is copying whom? With the advent of multimedia facilities, the problem of plagiarism is quite rampant, from Ph D. thesis to primary school projects.

In India, with so many movies being churning out from their various language studios, it is probably humanly impossible to come out with a freshly brewed new story and fresh new melody with each new movie. Hence, plagiarism is perhaps justified and acceptable as long as it has Indian values and money making (and entertaining). At the end of the day, that is all that matters, is it not?
Labels:

Comments

  1. sheila23 June 2010 at 11:13

    Anneh,

    most of the Tamils movies do have same story line like English movies only less dramatic.

    I have to go home and watch you tube (college band) about the song that you mention.

    ReplyDelete
  2. sheila23 June 2010 at 11:14

    Anneh,
    India Indians only think of making money and justify it with excuses!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Gory historic details or gore fest?

Razakar:  The Silent Genocide Of Hyderabad  (Telegu, 2024) Director:  Yata Satyanarayana In her last major speech before her disposition, Sheikh Hasina accused those who opposed her rule in Bangladesh of being Razakars. The opposition took offence to this term and soon widespread mob throughout the land. Of course, it is not that that single incident brought down an elected government but a culmination of joblessness and unjust reservations for a select population group. In the Bengali psyche, Razakar is a pejorative term meaning traitor or Judas. It was first used during the 1971 Pakistan Civil War. The paramilitary group who were against the then-East Pakistani leader, Majibur Rehman, were pro-West Pakistan. After establishing independence in Bangladesh, Razakars were disbanded, and many ran off to Pakistan. Around the time of Indian independence, turmoil brewed in the princely state of Hyderabad, which had been a province deputed by the Mughals from 1794. The rule of N...
Post a Comment
Read more

The products of a romantic star of the yesteryear!

Now you see all the children of Gemini Ganesan (of four wives, at least) posing gleefully for the camera after coming from different corners of the world to see the ailing father on his deathbed. They seem to found peace with the contributor of their half of their 46 chromosomes. Sure, growing up must have been hell seeing their respective mothers shedding tears, indulgence in unhealthy activities with one of them falling prey to the curse of the black dog, hating the sight of each step sibling, their respective heartaches all because of the evil done by one man who could not put his raging testesterones under check! Perhaps,the flashing lights and his dizzying heights that his career took clouded his judgement. After all, he was only human... Gems of Gemini Ganesan L-R: Dr Revathi Swaminathan, Narayani Ganesan, Dr Kamala Selvaraj, Rekha, Vijaya Chamundeswari   and Dr Jaya Shreedhar.  ( Abs:  Radha Usman Syed, Sathish Kumaar Ganesan) Seeing six of Ge...
Post a Comment
Read more

Chicken's Invite? (Ajak-ajak ayam)

In the Malay lingo, the phrase 'ajak-ajak ayam' refers to an insincere invitation. Of course, many of us invite for courtesy's sake, but then the invitee may think that the invitation is for real! How does anyone know? Inviters and invitees must be smart enough to take the cue that one party may have gatecrashed with ulterior motives, or the other may not want him to join in the first place! Easily twenty years ago, my family was invited to a toddler's birthday party. As my children were toddlers, too, we were requested to come early so that my kids could run around and play in their big compound. And that the host said she would arrange a series of games for them to enjoy. So there we were in the early evening at a house that resembled very little of one immersed in joy and celebration. Instead, we were greeted by a house devoid of activities and no guests. The host was still out shopping her last-minute list, and her helper was knee-deep in her preparations to ...
2 comments
Read more